DroughtWatch: California’s dry spell 3/4ths gone

Yep, nearly three-fourths of the Golden State is officially out of drought [well, 74.49 percent drought-free to be precise], according to the United States Drought Monitor.

Of the remainder, 4.98 percent is still in Severe Dought, 4.64 percent of the state’s surface area is in a condition of Moderate Drought, while 16.78 percent is classified Abnormally Dry, 25.51 percent of California still stricken by one level or another of drought conditions: